Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

a quick glance at Kai and

has

not stare at the archer for

ridiculously charming, but after becoming a Master, his looks assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It was easy to get distracted if one stared at him

Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He finally understood why Master Jet had called herself average

Jet possessed an intangible quality that no one he had ever met was

And Sunny himself?

call himself unassuming anymore. The scrawny kid from the outskirts was gone. Instead, a young man with porcelain skin

Sunny himself, golden threads

of them settled around the table and shared a silent

seemed too joyous… well, except for Effie, who couldn't stop grinning and stealing glances at her pristine, vigorous body. The huntress was overflowing with

free, however, just felt… hurt, tired, and

Nightmare, there was no time for weakness. They had to carry on no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut.

the nightmares, the assault on the Ivory City… all

had their share of demons to quell, no

cup of tea, looked at Sunny, and asked

remember much after being

stared at the archer

what? You were

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

I just, sort of… jumped into his mouth.

times, but didn't say anything. She even forgot about her food for

down, then

to stall the… the fifth challenger for a while. He fell for my deception because he had assumed that I would not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed the dragon, there was no real reason for him to

for a few